KEGG   PATHWAY: map05202
Entry
map05202                    Pathway                                
Name
Transcriptional misregulation in cancer
Description
In tumor cells, genes encoding transcription factors (TFs) are often amplified, deleted, rearranged via chromosomal translocation and inversion, or subjected to point mutations that result in a gain- or loss-of- function. In hematopoietic cancers and solid tumors, the translocations and inversions increase or deregulate transcription of the oncogene. Recurrent chromosome translocations generate novel fusion oncoproteins, which are common in myeloid cancers and soft-tissue sarcomas. The fusion proteins have aberrant transcriptional function compared to their wild-type counterparts. These fusion transcription factors alter expression of target genes, and thereby result in a variety of altered cellular properties that contribute to the tumourigenic process.
Class
Human Diseases; Cancer: overview
Pathway map
map05202  Transcriptional misregulation in cancer
map05202

Reference
  Authors
Alcalay M, Orleth A, Sebastiani C, Meani N, Chiaradonna F, Casciari C, Sciurpi MT, Gelmetti V, Riganelli D, Minucci S, Fagioli M, Pelicci PG
  Title
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  Journal
Oncogene 20:5680-94 (2001)
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Reference
  Authors
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  Title
Transcription factor fusions in acute leukemia: variations on a theme.
  Journal
Oncogene 21:3422-44 (2002)
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Reference
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Reference
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  Title
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Reference
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  Title
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Reference
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  Title
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Mol Cell Biol 21:3789-806 (2001)
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Reference
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Reference
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  Title
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Blood 101:270-7 (2003)
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Reference
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Blood 100:998-1007 (2002)
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Reference
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  Title
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Reference
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  Journal
Mol Cell Biol 24:2890-904 (2004)
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Reference
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  Title
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  Journal
Blood 114:5499-511 (2009)
DOI:10.1182/blood-2009-03-206524
Reference
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  Title
Oncogenic homeodomain transcription factor E2A-Pbx1 activates a novel WNT gene in pre-B acute lymphoblastoid leukemia.
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Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 96:11464-9 (1999)
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Reference
  Authors
Zelent A, Greaves M, Enver T
  Title
Role of the TEL-AML1 fusion gene in the molecular pathogenesis of childhood acute lymphoblastic leukaemia.
  Journal
Oncogene 23:4275-83 (2004)
DOI:10.1038/sj.onc.1207672
Reference
  Authors
Sawinska M, Ladon D
  Title
Mechanism, detection and clinical significance of the reciprocal translocation t(12;21)(p12;q22) in the children suffering from acute lymphoblastic leukaemia.
  Journal
Leuk Res 28:35-42 (2004)
DOI:10.1016/S0145-2126(03)00160-7
Reference
  Authors
Guenther MG, Lawton LN, Rozovskaia T, Frampton GM, Levine SS, Volkert TL, Croce CM, Nakamura T, Canaani E, Young RA
  Title
Aberrant chromatin at genes encoding stem cell regulators in human mixed-lineage leukemia.
  Journal
Genes Dev 22:3403-8 (2008)
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Reference
  Authors
Xia ZB, Popovic R, Chen J, Theisler C, Stuart T, Santillan DA, Erfurth F, Diaz MO, Zeleznik-Le NJ
  Title
The MLL fusion gene, MLL-AF4, regulates cyclin-dependent kinase inhibitor CDKN1B (p27kip1) expression.
  Journal
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 102:14028-33 (2005)
DOI:10.1073/pnas.0506464102
Reference
  Authors
Wang QF, Wu G, Mi S, He F, Wu J, Dong J, Luo RT, Mattison R, Kaberlein JJ, Prabhakar S, Ji H, Thirman MJ
  Title
MLL fusion proteins preferentially regulate a subset of wild-type MLL target genes in the leukemic genome.
  Journal
Blood 117:6895-905 (2011)
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Reference
  Authors
Zeisig BB, Milne T, Garcia-Cuellar MP, Schreiner S, Martin ME, Fuchs U, Borkhardt A, Chanda SK, Walker J, Soden R, Hess JL, Slany RK
  Title
Hoxa9 and Meis1 are key targets for MLL-ENL-mediated cellular immortalization.
  Journal
Mol Cell Biol 24:617-28 (2004)
DOI:10.1128/MCB.24.2.617-628.2004
Reference
  Authors
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  Title
Role of TLX1 in T-cell acute lymphoblastic leukaemia pathogenesis.
  Journal
Br J Haematol 145:140-3 (2009)
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Reference
  Authors
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  Title
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  Journal
Blood 101:3681-6 (2003)
DOI:10.1182/blood-2002-08-2577
Reference
  Authors
Hinz M, Loser P, Mathas S, Krappmann D, Dorken B, Scheidereit C
  Title
Constitutive NF-kappaB maintains high expression of a characteristic gene network, including CD40, CD86, and a set of antiapoptotic genes in Hodgkin/Reed-Sternberg cells.
  Journal
Blood 97:2798-807 (2001)
DOI:10.1182/blood.V97.9.2798
Reference
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  Title
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Reference
  Authors
Hurt EM, Wiestner A, Rosenwald A, Shaffer AL, Campo E, Grogan T, Bergsagel PL, Kuehl WM, Staudt LM
  Title
Overexpression of c-maf is a frequent oncogenic event in multiple myeloma that promotes proliferation and pathological interactions with bone marrow stroma.
  Journal
Cancer Cell 5:191-9 (2004)
DOI:10.1016/S1535-6108(04)00019-4
Reference
  Authors
Martinez-Garcia E, Popovic R, Min DJ, Sweet SM, Thomas PM, Zamdborg L, Heffner A, Will C, Lamy L, Staudt LM, Levens DL, Kelleher NL, Licht JD
  Title
The MMSET histone methyl transferase switches global histone methylation and alters gene expression in t(4;14) multiple myeloma cells.
  Journal
Blood 117:211-20 (2011)
DOI:10.1182/blood-2010-07-298349
Reference
  Authors
Brito JL, Walker B, Jenner M, Dickens NJ, Brown NJ, Ross FM, Avramidou A, Irving JA, Gonzalez D, Davies FE, Morgan GJ
  Title
MMSET deregulation affects cell cycle progression and adhesion regulons in t(4;14) myeloma plasma cells.
  Journal
Haematologica 94:78-86 (2009)
DOI:10.3324/haematol.13426
Reference
  Authors
Iida S, Rao PH, Ueda R, Chaganti RS, Dalla-Favera R
  Title
Chromosomal rearrangement of the PAX-5 locus in lymphoplasmacytic lymphoma with t(9;14)(p13;q32).
  Journal
Leuk Lymphoma 34:25-33 (1999)
DOI:10.3109/10428199909083377
Reference
  Authors
Ohno H, Ueda C, Akasaka T
  Title
The t(9;14)(p13;q32) translocation in B-cell non-Hodgkin's lymphoma.
  Journal
Leuk Lymphoma 36:435-45 (2000)
DOI:10.3109/10428190009148390
Reference
  Authors
Prensner JR, Chinnaiyan AM
  Title
Oncogenic gene fusions in epithelial carcinomas.
  Journal
Curr Opin Genet Dev 19:82-91 (2009)
DOI:10.1016/j.gde.2008.11.008
Reference
  Authors
Brenner JC, Chinnaiyan AM
  Title
Translocations in epithelial cancers.
  Journal
Biochim Biophys Acta 1796:201-15 (2009)
DOI:10.1016/j.bbcan.2009.04.005
Reference
  Authors
Reddi HV, McIver B, Grebe SK, Eberhardt NL
  Title
The paired box-8/peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor-gamma oncogene in thyroid tumorigenesis.
  Journal
Endocrinology 148:932-5 (2007)
DOI:10.1210/en.2006-0926
Reference
  Authors
Medendorp K, van Groningen JJ, Vreede L, Hetterschijt L, Brugmans L, van den Hurk WH, van Kessel AG
  Title
The renal cell carcinoma-associated oncogenic fusion protein PRCCTFE3 provokes p21 WAF1/CIP1-mediated cell cycle delay.
  Journal
Exp Cell Res 315:2399-409 (2009)
DOI:10.1016/j.yexcr.2009.04.022
Reference
  Authors
Kumar-Sinha C, Tomlins SA, Chinnaiyan AM
  Title
Recurrent gene fusions in prostate cancer.
  Journal
Nat Rev Cancer 8:497-511 (2008)
DOI:10.1038/nrc2402
Reference
  Authors
Yu J, Yu J, Mani RS, Cao Q, Brenner CJ, Cao X, Wang X, Wu L, Li J, Hu M, Gong Y, Cheng H, Laxman B, Vellaichamy A, Shankar S, Li Y, Dhanasekaran SM, Morey R, Barrette T, Lonigro RJ, Tomlins SA, Varambally S, Qin ZS, Chinnaiyan AM
  Title
An integrated network of androgen receptor, polycomb, and TMPRSS2-ERG gene fusions in prostate cancer progression.
  Journal
Cancer Cell 17:443-54 (2010)
DOI:10.1016/j.ccr.2010.03.018
Reference
  Authors
Leshem O, Madar S, Kogan-Sakin I, Kamer I, Goldstein I, Brosh R, Cohen Y, Jacob-Hirsch J, Ehrlich M, Ben-Sasson S, Goldfinger N, Loewenthal R, Gazit E, Rotter V, Berger R
  Title
TMPRSS2/ERG promotes epithelial to mesenchymal transition through the ZEB1/ZEB2 axis in a prostate cancer model.
  Journal
PLoS One 6:e21650 (2011)
DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0021650
Reference
  Authors
Cai C, Hsieh CL, Omwancha J, Zheng Z, Chen SY, Baert JL, Shemshedini L
  Title
ETV1 is a novel androgen receptor-regulated gene that mediates prostate cancer cell invasion.
  Journal
Mol Endocrinol 21:1835-46 (2007)
DOI:10.1210/me.2006-0480
Reference
  Authors
Helgeson BE, Tomlins SA, Shah N, Laxman B, Cao Q, Prensner JR, Cao X, Singla N, Montie JE, Varambally S, Mehra R, Chinnaiyan AM
  Title
Characterization of TMPRSS2:ETV5 and SLC45A3:ETV5 gene fusions in prostate cancer.
  Journal
Cancer Res 68:73-80 (2008)
DOI:10.1158/0008-5472.CAN-07-5352
Reference
  Authors
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  Title
The MYCN oncogene and differentiation in neuroblastoma.
  Journal
Semin Cancer Biol 21:256-66 (2011)
DOI:10.1016/j.semcancer.2011.08.001
Reference
  Authors
Bell E, Chen L, Liu T, Marshall GM, Lunec J, Tweddle DA
  Title
MYCN oncoprotein targets and their therapeutic potential.
  Journal
Cancer Lett 293:144-57 (2010)
DOI:10.1016/j.canlet.2010.01.015
Reference
  Authors
Slack A, Chen Z, Tonelli R, Pule M, Hunt L, Pession A, Shohet JM
  Title
The p53 regulatory gene MDM2 is a direct transcriptional target of MYCN in neuroblastoma.
  Journal
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 102:731-6 (2005)
DOI:10.1073/pnas.0405495102
Reference
  Authors
Ochiai H, Takenobu H, Nakagawa A, Yamaguchi Y, Kimura M, Ohira M, Okimoto Y, Fujimura Y, Koseki H, Kohno Y, Nakagawara A, Kamijo T
  Title
Bmi1 is a MYCN target gene that regulates tumorigenesis through repression of KIF1Bbeta and TSLC1 in neuroblastoma.
  Journal
Oncogene 29:2681-90 (2010)
DOI:10.1038/onc.2010.22
Reference
  Authors
Chen L, Iraci N, Gherardi S, Gamble LD, Wood KM, Perini G, Lunec J, Tweddle DA
  Title
p53 is a direct transcriptional target of MYCN in neuroblastoma.
  Journal
Cancer Res 70:1377-88 (2010)
DOI:10.1158/0008-5472.CAN-09-2598
Reference
  Authors
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  Title
N-MYC regulates focal adhesion kinase expression in human neuroblastoma.
  Journal
J Biol Chem 282:12503-16 (2007)
DOI:10.1074/jbc.M701450200
Reference
  Authors
Iraci N, Diolaiti D, Papa A, Porro A, Valli E, Gherardi S, Herold S, Eilers M, Bernardoni R, Della Valle G, Perini G
  Title
A SP1/MIZ1/MYCN repression complex recruits HDAC1 at the TRKA and p75NTR promoters and affects neuroblastoma malignancy by inhibiting the cell response to NGF.
  Journal
Cancer Res 71:404-12 (2011)
DOI:10.1158/0008-5472.CAN-10-2627
Reference
  Authors
Dreijerink KM, Hoppener JW, Timmers HM, Lips CJ
  Title
Mechanisms of disease: multiple endocrine neoplasia type 1-relation to chromatin modifications and transcription regulation.
  Journal
Nat Clin Pract Endocrinol Metab 2:562-70 (2006)
DOI:10.1038/ncpendmet0292
Reference
  Authors
Wu X, Hua X
  Title
Menin, histone h3 methyltransferases, and regulation of cell proliferation: current knowledge and perspective.
  Journal
Curr Mol Med 8:805-15 (2008)
DOI:10.2174/156652408786733702
Reference
  Authors
Sakurai A, Murakami A, Sano K, Uchino S, Fukushima Y
  Title
Unusual clinical and pathological presentation of a neuroendocrine tumor in a patient with multiple endocrine neoplasia type 1.
  Journal
Endocr J 56:887-95 (2009)
DOI:10.1507/endocrj.K09E-126
Reference
  Authors
Yang Y, Hua X
  Title
In search of tumor suppressing functions of menin.
  Journal
Mol Cell Endocrinol 265-266:34-41 (2007)
DOI:10.1016/j.mce.2006.12.032
Reference
  Authors
Aman P
  Title
Fusion oncogenes in tumor development.
  Journal
Semin Cancer Biol 15:236-43 (2005)
DOI:10.1016/j.semcancer.2005.01.009
Reference
  Authors
Fukuma M, Okita H, Hata J, Umezawa A
  Title
Upregulation of Id2, an oncogenic helix-loop-helix protein, is mediated by the chimeric EWS/ets protein in Ewing sarcoma.
  Journal
Oncogene 22:1-9 (2003)
DOI:10.1038/sj.onc.1206055
Reference
  Authors
Cironi L, Riggi N, Provero P, Wolf N, Suva ML, Suva D, Kindler V, Stamenkovic I
  Title
IGF1 is a common target gene of Ewing's sarcoma fusion proteins in mesenchymal progenitor cells.
  Journal
PLoS One 3:e2634 (2008)
DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0002634
Reference
  Authors
Riggi N, Stamenkovic I.
  Title
The Biology of Ewing sarcoma.
  Journal
Cancer Lett 254:1-10 (2007)
DOI:10.1016/j.canlet.2006.12.009
Reference
  Authors
Jedlicka P
  Title
Ewing Sarcoma, an enigmatic malignancy of likely progenitor cell origin, driven by transcription factor oncogenic fusions.
  Journal
Int J Clin Exp Pathol 3:338-47 (2010)
Reference
  Authors
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  Title
Advances in Ewing's sarcoma research: where are we now and what lies ahead?
  Journal
Cancer Res 69:7140-50 (2009)
DOI:10.1158/0008-5472.CAN-08-4041
Reference
  Authors
Jishage M, Fujino T, Yamazaki Y, Kuroda H, Nakamura T
  Title
Identification of target genes for EWS/ATF-1 chimeric transcription factor.
  Journal
Oncogene 22:41-9 (2003)
DOI:10.1038/sj.onc.1206074
Reference
  Authors
Gerald WL, Haber DA
  Title
The EWS-WT1 gene fusion in desmoplastic small round cell tumor.
  Journal
Semin Cancer Biol 15:197-205 (2005)
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Reference
  Authors
Filion C, Motoi T, Olshen AB, Lae M, Emnett RJ, Gutmann DH, Perry A, Ladanyi M, Labelle Y
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The EWSR1/NR4A3 fusion protein of extraskeletal myxoid chondrosarcoma activates the PPARG nuclear receptor gene.
  Journal
J Pathol 217:83-93 (2009)
DOI:10.1002/path.2445
Reference
  Authors
Kim S, Lee HJ, Jun HJ, Kim J
  Title
The hTAF II 68-TEC fusion protein functions as a strong transcriptional activator.
  Journal
Int J Cancer 122:2446-53 (2008)
DOI:10.1002/ijc.23379
Reference
  Authors
Sjogren H, Meis-Kindblom J, Kindblom LG, Aman P, Stenman G
  Title
Fusion of the EWS-related gene TAF2N to TEC in extraskeletal myxoid chondrosarcoma.
  Journal
Cancer Res 59:5064-7 (1999)
Reference
  Authors
Goransson M, Elias E, Stahlberg A, Olofsson A, Andersson C, Aman P
  Title
Myxoid liposarcoma FUS-DDIT3 fusion oncogene induces C/EBP beta-mediated interleukin 6 expression.
  Journal
Int J Cancer 115:556-60 (2005)
DOI:10.1002/ijc.20893
Reference
  Authors
Goransson M, Andersson MK, Forni C, Stahlberg A, Andersson C, Olofsson A, Mantovani R, Aman P
  Title
The myxoid liposarcoma FUS-DDIT3 fusion oncoprotein deregulates NF-kappaB target genes by interaction with NFKBIZ.
  Journal
Oncogene 28:270-8 (2009)
DOI:10.1038/onc.2008.378
Reference
  Authors
Willems SM, Schrage YM, Bruijn IH, Szuhai K, Hogendoorn PC, Bovee JV
  Title
Kinome profiling of myxoid liposarcoma reveals NF-kappaB-pathway kinase activity and casein kinase II inhibition as a potential treatment option.
  Journal
Mol Cancer 9:257 (2010)
DOI:10.1186/1476-4598-9-257
Reference
  Authors
Linardic CM
  Title
PAX3-FOXO1 fusion gene in rhabdomyosarcoma.
  Journal
Cancer Lett 270:10-8 (2008)
DOI:10.1016/j.canlet.2008.03.035
Reference
  Authors
Barber TD, Barber MC, Tomescu O, Barr FG, Ruben S, Friedman TB
  Title
Identification of target genes regulated by PAX3 and PAX3-FKHR in embryogenesis and alveolar rhabdomyosarcoma.
  Journal
Genomics 79:278-84 (2002)
DOI:10.1006/geno.2002.6703
Reference
  Authors
Ishida M, Miyamoto M, Naitoh S, Tatsuda D, Hasegawa T, Nemoto T, Yokozeki H, Nishioka K, Matsukage A, Ohki M, Ohta T
  Title
The SYT-SSX fusion protein down-regulates the cell proliferation regulator COM1 in t(x;18) synovial sarcoma.
  Journal
Mol Cell Biol 27:1348-55 (2007)
DOI:10.1128/MCB.00658-06
Reference
  Authors
Jun HJ, Lee J, Lim do H, Park JO, Ahn G, Seo SW, Sung KS, Lim do H, Yoo KH, Choi YL
  Title
Expression of MET in alveolar soft part sarcoma.
  Journal
Med Oncol 27:459-65 (2010)
DOI:10.1007/s12032-009-9234-8
Reference
  Authors
Rivlin N, Brosh R, Oren M, Rotter V
  Title
Mutations in the p53 Tumor Suppressor Gene: Important Milestones at the Various Steps of Tumorigenesis.
  Journal
Genes Cancer 2:466-74 (2011)
DOI:10.1177/1947601911408889
Reference
  Authors
Suzuki K, Matsubara H
  Title
Recent advances in p53 research and cancer treatment.
  Journal
J Biomed Biotechnol 2011:978312 (2011)
DOI:10.1155/2011/978312
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